Curriculum Vitae
Fatima Barznge (NL/Iraq Kurdistan, lives and works in Rotterdam since 1997
Education
2000- 2005: Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands, Painting, Bachelor/cum Laude
1989- 1993: MustanseryiaUniversity, Bagdad, Iraq, Business Administration, Bachelor
Exhibitions
2025: Missen als een ronde vorm at Stedelijk museum Schiedam, curated by Hanne Hagenaars, Schiedam, NL (group)
2025: EGO SUM at gallery Sztuki Jatki , curated by Kurdish collector Ziyad Raoof & Oksana, Ostrow Mazowiecka, Poland, (group)
2025: PALÄSTINA LÄDT ZUR KUNST EIN at kulturbauernhof WANNER 433/Artist- run space, curated by Lavinya Tankg, Zollbrück Switzerland (group)
2025: Verweven Toekomsten- Textile Biennale at museum Rijswijk, curated by Julia Geerlings Rijswijk NL
2025: EGO SUM at Palac Sztuki w Krakowie/The Palace of Fine Arts, curated by Kurdish collector Ziyad Raoof & Waclaw Kuczma in collaboration with Dorota Kuzcma, Kraków, Poland, (group)
2025: Art Rotterdam, duo with Rafaat Ballan, Gallery Sanna, Utrecht NL
2024 Oktober- 2025 February: About Abstract Art at Esta gallery, curated by Daro, supported by Hiwa Foundation, Sulimaniya, Kurdistan Iraq (group)
2024 Oktober- March 2025: Abstract art by women,’then and now’ at Stedelijk museum Schiedam, curated by Catrien Schreuder, Schiedam The Netherlands
2024: love of drawing at Stedelijk museum Schiedam (a group exhibition participated as an artist and co- curator together with Koen Taselaar and Susanna Inglada), Schiedam NL (group)
2024: Ursula Walter exhibits at Neck of the Woods Rotterdam, curated by gallery Ursula Walter Dresden Germany, a collaboration between visual art center/CBK Rotterdam, gallery Ursula Walter and Goethe institute Rotterdam NL
2024: Art on paper with gallery Sanaa, Amsterdam NL (group)
2024: Hawri at Art Space/Arti et Amicitiae, curated by Yvonne van der Bijl, Amsterdam NL (duo with Yvonne van der Bijl)
2023: Khatt (line/script) on the wall at gallery SANAA, Utrecht, NL (solo)
2023: man in square man in circle, gallery V/MSP, Brussels Belgium (solo)
2023: ON GEOMETRY, gallery Ursula Walter, Dresden Germany (solo)
On Geometry is the first part of the 3-part exhibition series Interwoven Histories I-III by Galerie Ursula Walter. Supported by the Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn/ NEUSTARTplus, the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen, the Goethe-Institut Niederlande, the Landeshauptstadt Dresden and the patrons of the Förderverein Galerie Ursula Walter e.V.
2023: De hand die vertelt, ElenBaashuis museum/Verhalenhuis Belvedere, Rotterdam NL (solo)
2023: Grenzen/Borders at Kultur Museum Bern Switzerland (group)
2023: Welat’s Garden, Kulturbauernhof, Zollbrück Switzerland (group)
These exhibition are part of the Switzerland-wide commemoration project Lausanne 2023. A collaboration between Maison du Futur, the Mesela association and the Historical Museum of Lausanne (the 100th anniversary of Treaty of Lausanne)
2023: Kunstrai, with gallery Sanaa, Amsterdam NL (group)
2023: EXODUS, Buitenplaats Doornburgh NL (group)
2023: EXODUS, permanent online show, Bijbel museum NL (group)
2022: پێکەوە بە تەنها/ Together Alone, Artists Initiative Sulaymaniyah, curated by Avan Sidiq, Kurdistan Iraq (group)
2022: Melk – Water, gallery Frank Taal Rotterdam NL, curated by Danni van Amstel & Guus van der Velden, organized by Herman lamers, supported by CBK Rotterdam (group)
2022: Van Oerbeest tot rokende croissant, Stedelijk museum Schiedam NL (group)
2022: Settings, Pictura Dordrecht NL, with Maria Ikonomopoulou and Kathrin Wolkowicz
2022: Samaa SANAA, gallery Sanaa, Utrecht NL, curated by Betina Abi Habib (group)
2022: The Fabric of Memory, Modka Beiroet, Zutphen NL, curated by Mounira Alsolh (solo)
2021: Interwoven Histories, Rozenstraat- a rose is a rose is a rose, Amsterdam NL, curated by Christel Vesters, Organized by PAR & H foundation www.touch- trace.nl
2021: Art The Hague with gallery Sanaa, The Hague NL (group)
2021: Publieke werken, outside exhibition, organized by foundation droom & daad, Rotterdam NL (group)
2021: Passages en Passant, Goethe institute Rotterdam NL, curated by Marco Douma and Kathrin Wolkowicz, (duo with Mirjam Somers)
2021: 101 tickets to paradise, gallery Sanaa, Utrecht NL (group)
2020: Groot Rotterdams atelier weekend, organized by Piet de Jonge, supported by CBK Rotterdam NL
2020: Publieke werken, outside exhibition, organized by foundation droom & daad, Rotterdam NL (group)
2020: Van CoBra tot boorolie, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam NL, curated by Colin Huizing (group)
2020: Roots & routes, gallery Sanaa, Utrecht NL (group)
2019: ZamZam, gallery Sanaa, Utrecht NL (solo)
2019: At Home Everywhere, Verhalenhuis Belvédère, Katendrecht NL, curated by Stijn Kemper (group)
2019: The Female Gaze, Museum De Buitenplaats, curated by Patty Wageman, Eelde Drenthe NL (group)
Presentation/Guest teacher/Artist talk /Collaboration/Workshop/Artist-in- residence/Curating:
Selection:
2023: A picture of words #2, Kufic calligraphy work shop, Drawing Centre Diepenheim NL
2023: Artist-in- residence at ElenBaashuis/Verhalenhuis Belvedere, Rotterdam NL
2022: A picture of words#1, Kufic calligraphy work shop, Artists Initiative Modk Beiroet, Zutphen NL
2022: Settings, artists talk, Pictura Dordrecht, moderated by Stijn kemper
2022: Samaa SANAA artists talk, gallery Sanaa Utrecht, coordinated by Betina Abi Habib & moderated by Ariadne
2022: Other Voices guests, guest teacher, ArtEZ/BEAR, coordinated by Clare Butcher
2021: The relation between ornament & abstract theoretical and practical, presentation/artist talk with Gara Rasul at Mohamad Ariff gallery, organised by Salahaddin University- college Fine Arts, Erbil Kurdistan Iraq
2021: Meet & Greet the Square drawings online presentation/zoom meeting with Anissa Foukalne, organised by Stedelijk Museum Schiedam NL
2020: Square drawings, Lunch lecture by Anissa Foukalne, Organised by Stedelijk Museum Schiedam NL. Postponed due to coronavirus
Grants / Prizes
2024: Voucher Development, Mondriaan Fund/the public fund for visual art and cultural heritage, Amsterdam NL
2023: Artist basis 2023- 2026, Mondriaan Fund/the public fund for visual art and cultural heritage, Amsterdam NL
2021: Project investment artist grant, Mondriaan Fund/the public fund for visual art and cultural heritage, Amsterdam NL
2018: Publication stipend, Stichting Stokroos Utrecht NL
2018: Interest-free loans Fund Kwadraat Amsterdam NL
2017: Interest-free loans, Fund Kwadraat Amsterdam NL
2013: O & O, grant, center visual arts CBK, Rotterdam NL
2013: Interest-free loans, Materiaal Fund Amsterdam NL
2013: Project investment artist grant, Mondriaan Fund/the public fund for visual art and cultural heritage, Amsterdam NL
2008: Starter stipend, BKVB/the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam NL
2006: Starter stipend, BKVB/the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam NL
2005: Final exam price, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague NL
Publications/ Media last five years
Selection:
2023: In de tentoonstelling Exodus komen Mozes en Fort Europa samen/ EXODUS, Buitenplaats Doornburgh NL (group), by Edo Dijksterhuis, review & image, Het Parool
2023: Moderne exodusverhalen/ EXODUS, Buitenplaats Doornburgh NL (group), by Peter van Dael, webmagazine,review & image, igniswebmagazine.nl
2023: Interview masterscriptie by Faye Holdert, University Antwerpen Belgium
2023: Mijn keuze uit Kunstambassade Rotterdam, by Martijn Simons,review & image, online platform kunstambassade.nl/ambassadeur
2022: Artists book ZamZam, selected for Vetgedrukt, books by Rotterdam based artists/TENT Rotterdam NL
2021: Ornament and abstraction by Gara, Image report, magazine Jineftin.krd/31.10.2021, Iraqi Kurdistan
2021: Als de naden in een patchwork – Christel Vesters about Interwoven History, review and image by Liza Prins, Metropolis M
2021: Opgetekend in doeken /Interwoven Histories in Rozenstraat- a rose is a rose is a rose, review and image, by Natasja Wagendorp, Mistermotley.nl
2021: Interwoven Histories, catalogue curated by Christel Vesters / PAR & H foundation www.touch-trace.nl
2021: Passages en Passant #1, interview by Eva Visser https://passages-en-passant.nl/passages/ Goethe- Institut Rotterdam NL
2021: Everything is possible publieke werken, book by foundation de Loodsen, Rotterdam NL
2021: 101 tickets to paradise, film by www.artforever.nl
2020: Stedelijk museum Schiedam krijgt een schenking van 600 kunstwerken, review, Volkskrant
2020: Stedelijk museum Schiedam krijgt een schenking van 600 kunstwerken, review, NRC
Collections:
Dutch government NL
Verhalenhuis Belvedere Rotterdam NL
Stedelijk museum Schiedam NL
Foundation management SNS REAAL/ NOG Stedelijk museum Schiedam
Various private collections in The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Iraq/Kurdistan and Belgium